About MIREC

Study Overview

MIREC Study was established to obtain national biomonitoring data on pregnant women and their infants and to examine potential adverse health effects of prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals on pregnancy and infant health.

MIREC & Follow-up Studies

The MIREC study is now complete, and the data analyses are well underway. Three follow-up studies were as well conducted, targeting some of the MIREC children: the first one looked at babies at birth and at 6 months, the second one focused on children at 3 years of age, and the third one, targeted the 2 to 5 year olds.

Some Facts and Figures

MIREC Biobank

The MIREC Biobank is made up of over 200,000 MIREC biological samples collected in the course of the MIREC study, as well as the MIREC-ID and MIREC-CD Plus follow-up studies. It also includes data from the questionnaires completed by the participants and hundreds of laboratory tests results.

MIREC Publications

About 30 MIREC related papers have been published in scientific journals so far, and this number continues to grow. You can find the full list here, along with a lay summary for the first published ones.

Upcoming

While the MIREC researchers and student trainees continue analysing the data collected so far, we are searching for funding to conduct additional research. We hope that we will be able to continue to follow the MIREC children as they get older. The focus will now shift towards puberty—when it starts and how it progresses. Visit us often, we will keep you informed!

You are a MIREC participant?

This section of the Website is for you. We hope to be able to keep contact with you and your family, and continue to keep you informed over the years.

The protected zone will allow us to post study updates of interest to you, and allow you to easily share your new coordinates with us or send us comments in a confidential manner.

Researchers

The MIREC Research Platform is an important resource for research on the mother’s and child’s health. The usefulness of the material collected goes far beyond this single study. The unused portions of the biological samples collected were saved to create what became the MIREC Biobank, which also includes a very large dataset from questionnaires and laboratory analyses. Since the initial study, which followed 2001 pregnant women, three follow-up studies were conducted, and five projects were done, based on the Biobank content. For more information regarding the MIREC Biobank, please refer to the below documentation. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions.